PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – University of Southern Indiana teed off the 2022-23 campaign in fine fashion, tying for sixth in the Golfweek Fall Challenge at the True Blue Golf Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. The Screaming Eagles completed the three-rounds with 858 (284, 293, 281), finished 22 strokes off the pace set by challenge-winner Jacksonville State University’s 836 (283-275-278)
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The 54-hole 858 is five strokes off a USI three-round record (853 at the 2021 McKendree Bearcat Dual), while the third-round 281 was on stroke off the Eagles’ single-round mark (280 at the 2021 Music City Invitational).
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Individually, senior Zach Williams (Mt. Vernon, Illinois) had a record-setting tournament. Williams, who tied for fifth, broke his own USI single-round record by four strokes with a first-round 65 (-7) and 54-hole mark by three strokes with a 208 (65-74-69). The 54-hole record of 211 was established by Williams at the Murray State Invitational and sophomore Jason Bannister (Laguna Niguel, California) at the McKendree Bearcat Dual last fall.
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Bannister also got off to a great start in 2022-23 and tied for 19th, shooting a three-under 213 (72-71-70). Junior Jace Day (Bloomington, Indiana) was third on the Eagles with a 219 (75-73-71), which was good enough to tie for 44th.
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The Eagles return to action September 26-27 in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Derek Dolenc Invitational at the Gateway National Golf Club.
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